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COVID-19: 67,735 new cases take India's virus tally to 73,07,097
COVID-19: 67,735 new cases take India's virus tally to 73,07,097

Thu Oct 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 73.07 lakh with 67,735 new cases in a day, while 63,83,441 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 87.35 per...

France's Macron to reinstate state of emergency
France's Macron to reinstate state of emergency

Thu Oct 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

President Emmanuel President Macron's office says France will restore a state of health emergency that expired three months ago.Macron is addressing the nation on television Wednes...

Dawood Ibrahim Link Suspected In Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: NIA To Court
Dawood Ibrahim Link Suspected In Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: NIA To Court

Thu Oct 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's gang may have a role in the Kerala gold smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a court on Wednesday....

"My Father Instigated Me To Contest Alone": Chirag Paswan
"My Father Instigated Me To Contest Alone": Chirag Paswan

Thu Oct 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Chirag Paswan, whose solo fight has become the X-factor in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s Bihar election campaign, says it was his father Ram Vilas Paswan who "ins...

Ratings Scam: Mumbai Cops Fight Republic TV's CBI Probe Plea In Top Court
Ratings Scam: Mumbai Cops Fight Republic TV's CBI Probe Plea In Top Court

Thu Oct 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Mumbai Police has opposed a petition filed by Republic TV requesting CBI probe on alleged rigging viewership ratings scam, saying that the channel was making attempts to thwart the...

Student Who Accused Chinmayanand Of Rape Turns Hostile In Court
Student Who Accused Chinmayanand Of Rape Turns Hostile In Court

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A 23-year-old law student, who had last year accused former BJP MP Chinmayanand of rape, turned hostile at a hearing in a special court in Lucknow on Tuesday. Chinmayanand, 72, was...

COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 72,39,389
COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 72,39,389

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 72,39,389 with 63,509 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 63 lakh pushing...

Will continue struggle for restoration of Article 370, resolution of Kashmir issue: Mehbooba
Will continue struggle for restoration of Article 370, resolution of Kashmir issue: Mehbooba

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who was released from detention after 14 months, has vowed to continue her struggle for the restoration of...

India Set To Drop Below Bangladesh In 2020 Per Capita GDP In IMF Forecast
India Set To Drop Below Bangladesh In 2020 Per Capita GDP In IMF Forecast

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

India is set to drop below Bangladesh in terms of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the economy, according to the International Monetary Fund, is projected to contract by ...

2 Top Republic TV Editors Summoned By Mumbai Police In Fake Ratings Case
2 Top Republic TV Editors Summoned By Mumbai Police In Fake Ratings Case

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Two top editors of Republic TV, which has been accused of rigging viewership ratings, have been summoned by Mumbai Police as part of its probe into the alleged manipulation of rat...

"Mentally Retarded": Khushbu Sundar Slams Congress After Joining BJP
"Mentally Retarded": Khushbu Sundar Slams Congress After Joining BJP

Wed Oct 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Actor Khushbu Sundar, who changed camp from the Congress to the BJP, hit back at her former party today, saying the Congress "does not want an intelligent woman" and there is "no f...

North Korea's Kim Jong Un Tearfully Thanks Troops, Apologises For Failures
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Tearfully Thanks Troops, Apologises For Failures

Tue Oct 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became visibly emotional during a speech at a military parade over the weekend as he thanked troops for their sacrifices and apologised to citizens ...

55,342 New Coronavirus Cases In India, Lowest In Nearly 2 Months
55,342 New Coronavirus Cases In India, Lowest In Nearly 2 Months

Tue Oct 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

The downward trend in India's coronavirus cases continues as 55,342 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours taking the country's Covid tally past 71.75 lakh, shows da...

Hathras Family Wants Case Transferred To Delhi Or Mumbai: Lawyer
Hathras Family Wants Case Transferred To Delhi Or Mumbai: Lawyer

Tue Oct 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

The family of a young woman who died last month after her torture and alleged gang rape at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has asked for the case to be moved out of the state....

Plane Forced To Turn Around After Hail Cracks Windshield
Plane Forced To Turn Around After Hail Cracks Windshield

Tue Oct 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A Dulles-bound United Airlines flight had made an emergency landing Monday after its windshield was cracked by hail, according to a passenger and the airline. Flight UA349 left Chi...

BJP Says Chirag Paswan Not Part Of Alliance In Bihar, Expels Rebels
BJP Says Chirag Paswan Not Part Of Alliance In Bihar, Expels Rebels

Tue Oct 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

With Assembly elections due in less than 20 days, Bihar BJP on Monday expelled the eight rebels who quit to join Chirag Paswan's LJP over the past week. Deputy Chief Minister Sushi...

Asia-Pacific countries begin to ease pandemic-related travel bans, but hurdles remain
Asia-Pacific countries begin to ease pandemic-related travel bans, but hurdles remain

Mon Oct 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia and Japan are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive...

Khushbu Sundar Quits Tamil Nadu Congress; Likely To Join BJP, Say Sources
Khushbu Sundar Quits Tamil Nadu Congress; Likely To Join BJP, Say Sources

Mon Oct 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar today quit the Congress and is expected to join the BJP. In her resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, she wrote that she fel...

Bihar Woman Allegedly Gang Raped, Child Dies After Both Thrown Into Canal: Cops
Bihar Woman Allegedly Gang Raped, Child Dies After Both Thrown Into Canal: Cops

Mon Oct 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A Dalit woman in Bihar's Buxar district was allegedly gang raped and her child died after they were attacked and thrown in a canal, police said. The five-year-old child died from d...

Facing CBI, Neighbour Who Targeted Rhea Chakraborty Fails To Back Claim
Facing CBI, Neighbour Who Targeted Rhea Chakraborty Fails To Back Claim

Mon Oct 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A neighbour of Rhea Chakraborty, who had accused her of meeting Sushant Singh Rajput a day before his death, has failed to substantiate the claim before the Central Bureau of Inves...